Upon arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the 19th G20 Summit on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed readiness to work with all parties for an equal and orderly multi-polar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. In a written statement, Xi hoped for the G20’s greater role as an important platform for international economic cooperation. This year’s G20 Leaders’ Summit, scheduled for Nov. 18-19, marks the first gathering of the kind since the accession of the African…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has embarked on a journey to Latin America, where he will attend the 19th G20 Summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. Here are some highlight moments of President Xi at G20 summits. African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) is to be held from 11 to 22 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main goal of the conference is for countries to agree on a new climate finance target through which wealthy countries will pay to help poorer and climate-vulnerable nations to cope with climate change. On this occasion, ChinAfrica talked to Chukwumerije Okereke, director of the Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Alex-Ekwueme Federal University…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss the G20 summit. This is reported by Brasil 247, a partner of TV BRICS. The Brazilian leader expressed his intention to organise a meeting with President Ramaphosa at the group’s next summit in Rio de Janeiro. The presidency of the G20 will pass to South Africa next year. President Lula also confirmed the South African leader’s invitation to the IBSA (a…

The last meeting under Brazil’s G20 presidency of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group ended in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting resulted in the creation of a document aimed at reforming access to environmental and climate funds, according to Brasil 247, a partner of TV BRICS. One of the Brazilian government’s priorities is to make it easier for the countries of the Global South to access the resources that finance projects aimed at regulating and controlling climate change. The current…

The new Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is set to be held on 4-6 September, which will outline the measures of China-Africa cooperation in the next three years and beyond. Before this event, on 15 August, a seminar themed The Governance of China: Forging a Closer China-Africa Community of Shared Future was held in Pretoria, South Africa, by CICG Centre for Europe and Africa, which was attended by more than 70 participants, including South African and…

From 1 December 2024, the presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) will pass from Brazil to South Africa.  South Africa views its G20 presidency as one of the largest national projects, said Marat Berdyev, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Successful implementation of this initiative will require the co-ordinated work of government structures and civil society. This is reported by diplomat’s social media sources. The key priorities of the presidency include a focus on elevating the voice of…

The success of public institutions is deeply rooted in their ability to plan with a long-term perspective, think in generational terms and execute mandates diligently. Put differently, the effectiveness and resilience of organisations hinge on their capacity to adapt, innovate and maintain a vision that transcends immediate challenges. A long-term approach ensures that national development programmes are not reactive but are designed to build sustainable systems that can produce substantive value.   In today’s South Africa, the transformation of the public…

Brazil’s Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Hunger Wellington Dias, during a meeting with UN Under-Secretary General Amina Mohammed, spoke about the proposal to create a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty. This is reported by Brasil 247, a partner of TV BRICS. “The alliance will not belong to the G20, but to all countries and organisations that want to work together. We need the UN’s support on two fronts. First, it is necessary that the organisation’s offices…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and others attended the event. One of the key points raised at the summit was the need to strengthen regional integration. In his speech, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphasised the importance of uniting Latin American and Caribbean countries in a multipolar world. Lula stressed that the region has the potential to become a centre of gravity in global diplomacy, especially by hosting…